Author Archives: staff

Orange class are embracing Springtime by bringing new life into our classroom.  We have grown cress heads, enjoyed looking for worms (spaghetti) and made our own chocolate flavoured mud.  We are focusing on the story ‘The Tiny Seed’ using lots … Continue reading →

Our Junior Cycle Level 1 Short Course learning is going very well in Navy Class.  We have learnt about our body parts, identified medical professionals and our reasons for visiting them (we even got to see the dentist!) and are … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks some students in Pink Class have created narrated iBooks to share their love of reading with others. We hope to create many more books throughout the rest of the school year. In 2019 Pink class … Continue reading →

Newsletter December 18 

Our good friend Eileen Kirrane has published a second book. We loved her last book and cannot wait to get covered in flour this time around. This might be a nice gift for someone you know. Congratulations Eileen and thank … Continue reading →

In September Lillian Scanlon organised a walk in Union Wood in memory of Tony Scanlon. 50% of the money was donated to STOP and 50% to St. Cecilia’s School. It was a lovely walk and it was very nice of … Continue reading →

Blue class have worked very hard on letter recognition, pre-reading and reading skills this term. We are matching letters to our names, writing our names and reading a story each day during sensory story time. Some of our favourites have … Continue reading →

Orange class are busy experimenting with patterns.  We have used paint to create beautiful star patterns and lego to create pattern towers using a variety of colours.  It was really great fun adding texture to our patterns with various fabrics … Continue reading →

Our station teaching is going very well in Navy Class this term.  We painted to rock music, explored and sorted using tactile materials independently and we learnt about hygiene for our Personal Care and Wellbeing PLU.  We are really getting … Continue reading →

We had a fantastic outdoor classroom day last Thursday! We were very lucky with the weather and we headed out on a nature walk to make our journey sticks. We had some drift wood and as we were walking we … Continue reading →

Just before mid-term we were presented with a cheque from Wedges MMC. On the 22nd July they held their annual motorcycle run in memory of Noel Dwyer aka Wedge and this year they chose St. Cecilia’s School as their charity. … Continue reading →

Kate Hoare and John O’Connor ran a table quiz for the school in Ballymote recently. They presented us with a cheque for 1210 euro. All proceeds are going towards the playgrounds. Thank you for thinking of us Kate and John. 

This week we participated in the outdoor classroom events around the wider school area. We made nature bracelets using materials that we gathered on a breezy walk. we found rushes, twigs, flowers, leaves and some sheep’s wool. We even found … Continue reading →

We were thrilled to get the opportunity to go to Eagles Flying in Ballymote recently (Thanks Mary & Joe, Martin and class really enjoyed his confirmation treat). It was such a fun day out. We bought food and fed the … Continue reading →

We have been making the most of the sunshine in Blue class this term. We have had 6 weeks horse riding each Friday and you can see our confidence grow week to week. Our posture and core muscles have also … Continue reading →